“What? Another Haggada!? Aren’t there enough in the market already?” “Korban Pesah? Is that even relevant?” “What do you mean some things will change? We’ve been doing the same Seder for 2000 years!”Haggadat Hapesah by Rabbi Avi Grossman is the first Haggada to be used at a seder with the Korban Pesach as the rightful … Continue reading
In the months leading up to the release of Haggadat Hapesah, I was asked about the necessity or permissibility of offering the Korban Pesah in our current situation. The Chief Rabbi wrote to me about the critical opinions according to which we are precluded from offering any sacrifices today. All of them are based on … Continue reading
Here at the Seforim Blog.
(Part 1 here.) The rules regarding keeping food hot on the Sabbath are another example of the unique, Torath Eretz Yisrael methodologies of Maimonides and the Vilna Gaon. We will imagine a typical case wherein one has a left a pot of hot, fully cooked food on a device that is halachically analogous to what … Continue reading
Video here.
The sages established Hanukka following a period of foreign subjugation, during which the Jews controlled neither Jerusalem nor the Temple, the Temple service was suspended indefinitely, and there were no prophets. The fact that the Maccabees entered the Temple mount and restored the Temple and the sacrificial service even though they lacked prophetic guidance and … Continue reading
http://www.hyehudi.org/re-if-i-had-a-hammer/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hyehudi%2FIvft+%28Hyehudi.org+Daily+Newsletter%29 This is relevant to what I wrote a number of years ago, here.
Previously, I had written about how the commandment of “zachor” could not simply be to remember, and in each context the sages attached an action.
